Relationships Between Environmental Stressors and Stress Biobehavioral Responses of Preterm Infants in NICU
學年 98
學期 1
出版（發表）日期 2009-10-01
作品名稱 Relationships Between Environmental Stressors and Stress Biobehavioral Responses of Preterm Infants in NICU
作品名稱（其他語言）
著者 Peng, Niang-Huei; Bachman, Jean; Jenkins, Ruth; Chen, Chao-Huei; Chang, Yue-Cune; Chang, Yu-Shan; Wang, Teh-Ming
單位 淡江大學數學學系
出版者 Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 The Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing 23(4), pp.363-371
摘要 Although research has demonstrated that the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a stressful environment for preterm and high-risk infants, little research validates the suspected relationships between infant biobehavioral responses and environmental stress in the NICU. This exploratory study examined the relationship between environmental stress and biobehavioral responses of preterm infants. The study used a repeated-measures research design to examine research variables in one group of preterm infants. Measurements of research variables were recorded every 2 minutes during two 60-minute observation periods for each research day (1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the afternoon) and conducted over 2 days. A convenience sample of 37 preterm infants was recruited from 2 medical centers in Taiwan. A total of 4164 observations were made and recorded during the study. There was a statistically significant (P < .05) relationship between environmental stressors and changes in physiological signals. There were also statistically significant (P < .05) relationships between environmental stress and some specific stress behaviors. This research is applicable to neonatal clinical practice because it demonstrates the importance of recognizing the preterm infant's biological stress responses to environmental stressors, allowing for early interventions to reduce the possibility of more serious physiological or pathological changes in the status of the preterm infant.
關鍵字 environmental stress; preterm infant; stress behavioral responses; stress physiological signals
語言 en
ISSN 0893-2190; 1550-5073
期刊性質 國外
收錄於 SCI
產學合作
通訊作者 Peng, Niang-Huei
審稿制度
國別 USA
公開徵稿
出版型式 紙本
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